The Barber of Seville Resources

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
RESOURCES
Books
The Barber of Seville: Black Dog Opera Library Author: Gioacchino Rossini. Notes: Book with Angel/EMI
recording of the entire opera on two CDs. English. 152 pages. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. 2006.
The Barber of Seville: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Vocal Score
Author: Gioacchino Rossini. Notes: Translated by Ruth Martin. Italian/English. 360 pages. G. Schirmer Opera
Score Editions. 1986.
The Barber of Seville In Full Score (Dover Music Scores)
Author: Gioacchino Rossini. English. 448 pages. Dover Publications. 2010.
The Barber of Seville (Opera Journeys Libretto Series) Author: Burton Fisher. English. 80 pages. Opera
Journeys Libretto Series. 2001.
The Barber of Seville Vocal Score
Author: Gioacchino Rossini. English. 336 pages. Dover Publications. 2013.
The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother (Oxford World's
Classics) Author: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Notes: Translated by David Coward. Beaumarchaisʼ
second play in the Figaro Trilogy, La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, inspired Mozartʼs The Marriage of
Figaro. English. 352 pages. Oxford University Press. 2008.
Sing Me a Story: The Metropolitan Opera's Book of Opera Stories for Children Author: Jane Rosenberg.
Introduction: Luciano Pavarotti. English. 160 pages. Thames & Hudson. 1996.
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Films/DVDs
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Battle, Blake, Nucci, Dara, Furlanetto, The Metropolitan Opera (2010) Actors:
Kathleen Battle, Rockwell Blake, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, Ferruccio Furlanetto. Conductor: Ralf Weikert. Language:
Italian. DVD. 2010.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / DiDonato, Florez, Spagnoli, Furlanetto, Corbelli, Royal Opera House (2010)
Actors: Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alessandro Corbelli.
Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Director: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier. Language: Italian. DVD. 2010.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) / Florez, Raimondi, Bayo, Spagnoli, Pratico, Teatro Real
Madrid (2005) Actors: Juan Diego Florez, Ruggero Raimondi, Maria Bayo, Pietro Spagnoli, Bruno Pratico.
Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti. Director: Emilio Sagi. Language: Italian. DVD. 2005.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) / Cambreling, Ewing, Rawnsley, Glyndebourne Festival
Opera (2004) Actors: Maria Ewing, John Rawnsley, Max René Cossotti, Claudio Desderi, Catherine McCord.
Director: John Cox. Language: Italian. DVD. 2004.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / (The Barber of Seville) / Dario Fo, Zedda, Larmore, Croft, Netherlands Opera
(1992) Actors: Richard Croft, Renato Capecchi, Jennifer Larmore, David Malis, Simone Alaimo. Conductor:
Alberto Zedda. Director: Dario Fo. Language: Italian. DVD. 1999.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) / Bartoli, G. Quilico, Kuebler, Feller, R. Lloyd;
Ferro/Schwetzingen Festival (1988) Actors: Cecilia Bartoli, Carlos Feller, David Kuebler, Gino Quilco, Robert
Lloyd. Conductor: Claus Viller. Director: Michael Hampe. Language: Italian. DVD. 2003.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Prey, Berganza, Alva, Dara, Montarsolo, Teatro alla Scala (1974) Actors:
Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Paolo Montarsolo. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Ernst
Wild, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Language: Italian. DVD. 2002.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Prey, Berganza, Alva, Dara, Montarsolo, Teatro alla Scala (1972) Actors:
Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Paolo Montarsolo. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Director:
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Language: Italian. DVD. 2005.
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CDs
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Sherill Milnes, Renato Capecchi,
Ruggero Raimondi. Language: Italian. Conductor: James Levine, London Symphony Orchestra. 2007.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Dino Mantovani, Fernando Corena, Manuel Ausensi, Nicolai
Ghiaurov, Stefania Malagu. Language: Italian. Conductor: Silvio Varviso, Rossini Orchestra & Chorus. 1999.
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Paolo Montarsolo, Luigi Alva, Enzo
Dara. Language: Italian. Conductor: Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra. 1998.
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Placido Domingo, Kathleen Battle, Frank Lopardo, Lucio Gallo,
Ruggero Raimondi. Language: Italian. Conductor: Claudio Abbado, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. 1993.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus.
Language: Italian. Conductor: Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus. 1997.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Robert Merrill, Cesare Valletti, Fernando Corena, Roberta Peters,
Giorgio Tozzi. Language: Italian. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. 1999.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performers: Bruce Ford, Della Jones. Language: Italian. Conductor: Gabriele
Bellini, English National Opera Chorus & Orchestra. 2000.
The World's Very Best Opera for Kids...in English!
Composers: Georges Bizet, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo
Puccini, et al. Performers: Allan Monk, Brian Banion, Daniel Lichti, Gregory Dahl, Daniel Taylor, et al. Language:
English. Conductor: Tamás Gál, Budapest Concert Orchestra. 2003.
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